A few quick thoughts from the 98-94 win over Charlotte: The Bobcats play a brand of basketball that isn’t pretty, but tonight was a particularly ugly affair. Bodies were flying everywhere, loose ball battles were vicious, and hardly any drives to the rim resulted in clean looks. This was a jun[...]

What would Eric Gordon look like if he were quicker, 3 inches taller, and a better ballhandler? Surely he’d look like a perennial All-Star with an unstoppable offensive game. Surely he’d resemble the recurring player that pops up in all of Mike Dunleavy’s better dreams. But do you [...]

A few notes from the Clippers 99-89 victory: Kim Hughes gets on the board tonight with the first victory of his NBA head coaching career. There are still issues at play with the Clippers increase in pace (24 turnovers tonight), but Hughes runs some really fantastic halfcourt sets down the stretch. T[...]

Marcus Camby on his new situation: “Anytime you get traded it’s always an awkward situation, especially when you’ve been in a place for a couple of years, you’re used to your surroundings, you know, you enjoy the situation that you’re in. But then to find out you’re traded and you have to move on to[...]

The Clippers’ work on the phone lines seems done. Soon we can get back to the business of balling, or whatever remains of that enterprise for the Clippers until April 14. The Clippers essentially traded Marcus Camby, Al Thornton and Sebastian Telfair for Drew Gooden, Travis Outlaw and Steve Bl[...]

When is losing better than winning? The obvious answer has something to do with extra lottery balls, but let’s ignore that aspect (for now). Sometimes winning can complicate things where losing won’t. A loss is just a loss, and a defeat to the Hawks is to be expected given the circumstan[...]

A few things from the 110-92 loss to Atlanta: Turnovers. The Clippers turn the ball over 22 times, which leads to many uncontested dunks and 34 total points off turnover for Atlanta. This isn’t a case of the the Clippers trying to engage Atlanta in an up and down affair – this is just bl[...]